Our guest speaker will be Jennifer Jones of Eastside Portland Air Coalition (EPAC). She will discuss their work with the City improving our air quality, and provide tools on how to get involved, and ask for support. Jennifer provide an overview of their current work and will be available for your questions about toxic air.

The Sumner Association of Neighbors (SAN) holds meeting nearly every month of the year. We had a special crime meeting in August with a lot of neighbors in attendance. We can use what we learned from each other to tailor a neighborhood watch program for Sumner.

Stop by and learn other news, and happenings. Grab a treat and a cuppa, have a chat, or just sit back and relax. The meetings are guided by our Chairperson Yvonne and board members will present information about land use, parks, crime and more.
PLUS: “One-Minute Concerns”, updates from our neighborhood police officers, coffee, treats and awesome free raffle prizes!
For more information, call the CNN office at 503-823-3157 or email sumner.neighborhood@gmail.com. For more information of upcoming events, view our calendar.

The Fall edition of the SAN newsletter, the Sumner Sun has been mailed. There’s information on upcoming events, including tomorrow’s meeting plus updates on the past couple of months. If you haven’t received a copy, you can click read it online.

The SAN newsletter is traditionally produced by volunteers. The board position, Publicity is responsible for the newsletter and other communication. This position will be vacant at the end of the year. If you are interested in contributing to your neighborhood and have computer skills, please email our chairperson Yvonne at sumner.neighborhood.chair@gmail.com.

Our guest speaker will be Mark Wells of the City of Portland. He will talk about restarting our Neighborhood Watch. He will provide an overview, tips and answer questions.

Mark Wells coordinates Portland’s Neighborhood Watch and Community Foot Patrol programs, and works with neighbors on other kinds of community building. Visit Portland’s Neighborhood Watch and Community Foot Patrol pages to learn more about these programs.

The Sumner Association of Neighbors (SAN) holds meeting nearly every month of the year. We had a special crime meeting in August with a lot of neighbors in attendance. We can use what we learned from each other to tailor a neighborhood watch program for Sumner.

Stop by and learn other news, and happenings. Grab a treat and a cuppa, have a chat, or just sit back and relax. The meetings are guided by our Chairperson Yvonne and board members will present information about land use, parks, crime and more.

In June and July 2016, about 545 people attended a series of six inpersonopen houses hosted by BPS held across the city

As a reminder, the Residential Infill Project Stakeholder Advisory Committee (RIPSAC) seeks to
find a solution to the projected 123,000 additional households expected to call Portland “home” by 2035. Keeping in mind that 20% of the additional housing units will be built in single-family dwelling zones and that the Urban Growth Boundary is what it is, Portland needs to create new “rules” around the scale and design of new construction as well as address what you can do with the property you currently
have. The first step in all of this is to change the zoning code so that limitations are loosened for square footage.

Owners of property affected by the proposed changes should receive official notices in the mail. Public review of the draft proposal ended on August 15th and the committee compiled public feedback into
a published summary: www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/590169.

With this feedback, staff is developing recommendations for City Council. These should be available the week of October 10. City Council will then have a work session on November 1. A public hearing will follow on November 9. Zoning code amendments will occur through a legislative process in 2017. Feel free to get involved and get updates via their e-newsletter available at www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/67728.

And if you have any specific questions relative to Sumner’s land use changes or any questions pertaining to Land Use or Transportation in Sumner, feel free to email your local representative: Erin Middleton at sumner.neighborhood.landuse@gmail.com.